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92_SB0441

 
                                               LRB9203380WHpc

 1        AN ACT concerning family law.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 is amended
 5    by changing Section 17 as follows:

 6        (750 ILCS 45/17) (from Ch. 40, par. 2517)
 7        Sec.  17.   Costs.   Except as otherwise provided in this
 8    Act, the court may order reasonable fees of counsel, experts,
 9    and  other  costs  of  the  action,  pre-trial   proceedings,
10    post-judgment  proceedings to enforce or modify the judgment,
11    and the appeal or the defense of an appeal of  the  judgment,
12    to  be  paid  by  the parties in accordance with the relevant
13    factors specified in Section 508 of the Illinois Marriage and
14    Dissolution of  Marriage  Act,  as  amended.   In  construing
15    applicable  provisions  of  Sections 501, 503, and 508 of the
16    Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the  court
17    shall disregard the parties' lack of or presence of a marital
18    estate, marital or non-marital property, or maintenance.
19    (Source: P.A. 85-1417; 86-1339.)

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